Homozygosity for two mild glucocerebrosidase mutations of probable Iberian origin

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-102

  Amaral, O ^a   Lacerda, L ^a   Marcao, A ^a   Pinto, E ^a   Tamagnini, G ^a   Sa Miranda, M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032840829     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.560117.x     Document Type: Article

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